I’ve had the pleasure of watching this guy grow up outside my window. So, I figured I’d use him to see how my new sketchbook handled marker. #goldfinch#birds#sketch
The goldfinch looks at the sparrow and says, “I don’t know about you, but I’m here for the tweets!"
I got help with the punch line from Bing AI.
Here is a goldfinch (Spinus tristis) and chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) together on a branch. Well ... I don't think that they are "together," but they are on the same branch.
@birdcounter
You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.
Finished The Goldfinch, despite being daunted by the page count. I'm always worried that the massive books won't hold together for a satisfactory conclusion and, unfortunately this one did that.
Felt like 4-5 separate books squished together. I loved one of them, liked two of them, and felt very let down by the last one.
So much character development and it didn't seem to have anything to do with how things were resolved. Actually, was anything resolved?
Gorgeous writing, but plotting fell short for me...
This American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) has feathers puffed up for insulation. It is protecting itself from the cold.
"This handsome little finch, the state bird of New Jersey, Iowa, and Washington, is welcome and common at feeders, where it takes primarily sunflower and nyjer. Goldfinches often flock with Pine Siskins and Common Redpolls. Spring males are brilliant yellow and shiny black with a bit of white. Females and all winter birds are more dull but identifiable by their conical bill; pointed, notched tail; wing bars; and lack of streaking. During molts they look bizarrely patchy." - allaboutbirds.org
I was going to post another sparrow photo because I have so many good ones. But then I saw this photo of a goldfinch (Spinus tristis) getting a drink at the bird bath and decided to do this one.
You know, the photographs that I post here are not quite a vivid as the same photographs that I post at my pixel's gallery, because here, I reduce the size of the photos and usually make a slight reduction in the quality of the photos to make them easier to load.
This goldfinch (Spinus tristis) was looking at me with this sly look in his eye.
"When Brown-headed Cowbirds lay eggs in an American Goldfinch nest, the cowbird egg may hatch but the nestling seldom survives longer than three days. The cowbird chick simply can’t survive on the all-seed diet that goldfinches feed their young." - allaobutbirds.org